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Source: Sold on Ebay for $200 Jan. 2012.
A.H. Gregg was a prominent business man in Farmer Village, now called Interlaken, NY. They originally produced agriculture machinery, and later moved to Trumansburg, NY and established Gregg Iron Works. The principle article of manufacture was the Meadow King Mower, but other implements were added as the capacity of the works increased as the demand warranted. The Osborn Sulky Plow, Sharpe Horse Rake, Morse Horse Rake, King of the Lawn and Young America Lawn Mowers, and later, reaping machines and twine binders were built to quite an extent.The annual out- put for several years was in the neighborhood of 2,000 mowers, 500 reapers, 1,500 rakes, 1,500 lawn mowers, 500 sulky plows, besides hand plows and miscellaneous tools.
This rare pass is signed on front by Gregg, with information on back. There is an embossed stamp on the signature portion as well. In good condition with some wear and light soiling. Please see photo. If you collect 19th century Americana history, World's Fair / Expo, photography, etc. this is a treasure you will not see again! Add this to your image or paper / ephemera collection. Important genealogy research importance too. Combine shipping on multiple bid wins!
International Cotton Exposition (I.C.E) was a World's Fair held in Atlanta, Georgia from October 5 to December 3 of 1881. h The location was along the Western & Atlantic Railroad tracks near the present day King Plow development. It planned to show the progress made since the city's destruction during the Battle of Atlanta and new developments in cotton production.
Placed a short train ride from downtown, it was designed so that the largest building could later be used as a cotton mill. A quarter of a million people attended generating between $220,000 and $250,000 in receipts split evenly between sales and gate receipts.
Founding
The idea of holding such an exhibition in the South was first suggested by Edward Atkinson of york who in August 1880 wrote a letter to a New York journal discussing the great waste incident to the methods then in use in the gathering and handling of the cotton crop and advised the exhibition to bring all of those interested in the production of this great Southern staple for the purpose of improvement. The Atlanta Constitution republished and urged the importance of some action in regard thereto. A few weeks after the publication of this letter it was announced that Mr. Atkinson was about to make a Southern trip for the purpose of putting the suggestion in form. Mr. H. I. Kimball being impressed with the importance of the enterprise and personally acquainted with Mr. Atkinson, invited him to Atlanta to address the people on the subject. This invitation Mr. Atkinson accepted, and at the solicitation of many prominent citizens of Atlanta he delivered, on October 28, 1880, an address in the senate chamber, in which he advocated Atlanta as the proper place in which to hold a cotton exhibition, such as would result in devising improved methods in the cultivation of the cotton as well as to be a stimulus to the entire industrial development of this section.
Early that november, James W. Nagle and J. W. Ryckman came to Atlanta to ascertain what action the citizens proposed to take in the matter. At their suggestion several preliminary meetings were held. A committee consisting of Governor A.H. Colquitt, Mayor W.L. Calhoun, ex-Governor R.B. Bullock and J.W. Ryckman was appointed to prepare a plan for preliminary organization, which resulted in the formation of such an organization and the election of Senator Joseph E. Brown, president; S.M. Inman, treasurer and Ryckman, secretary.
[edit] Incorporation
In February 1881, the chamber of commerce proposed and a corporation was organized under the general law, and a charter was obtained from the court. The Atlanta incorporators were those above plus R.F. Maddox, Benjamin E. Crane, Evan P. Howell, M.C. Kiser, Robert J. Lowry, Sidney Root, Campbell Wallace, J.F. Cummings, W.P. Inman, J.C. Peck, L.P. Grant, W.A. Moore, G.J. Foreacre, Richard Peters and E.P. Chamberlin. Associated with them were citizens of several other counties in Georigia and of the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, Missouri, Massachusetts, New York, Maine, Rhode Island and of London, England. Thus equipped the new enterprise commenced active operations.
At first it was only contemplated that the exposition should be confined to cotton and all pertaining thereto, in its culture, transportation, manufacture, etc. The capital stock of the corporation was originally fixed at $100,000 in shares of $100. As the work advanced, however, and as the country became interested in the subject, it was decided to open its doors for the admission of all products from every section, and the capital stock was therefore to $200,000. H.I Kimball was elected chairman of the 25 member executive committee whose mission was to raise the money.
It was believed if Atlanta subscribed one-third the amount required, other cities interested in the succedss of the enterprise would contribute the balance. A canvass of the city was made, and in one day the amount proportioned to Atlanta was secured. Mr. Kimball was authorized to visit Northern cities and endeavor to interest them in the undertaking. He visited New York and secured subscriptions to two hundred and fifty-three shares of stock ($25,300); Boston took sixty shares; Baltimore, forty-eight; Norfolk, VA buying twenty-five; Philadelphia, forty-three; Cincinnati, seventy-nine. The gratifying result of Mr. Kimball's work in the North and the apparent interest manifested by the whole country caused the executive committee to take immediate steps to put the whole work of organizing and conducting the enterprise in hand. Kimball was named director-general and CEO.
[edit] Construction begins
Contemporary rendering of the 1881 Exposition
Oglethorpe Park was selected as the site of the exposition. It belonged to the city and was located two and one half miles northwest from the railroad depot, and on the line of the Western & Atlantic Railroad. This park was originally laid out and improved under the direction of Mr. Kimball, in 1870 for the use of agricultural fairs, but the work of adapting the grounds and erecting the necessary buildings for the exposition was not an easy task. The work was begun under Mr. Kimball's direction and rapidly pushed to completion and made ready in ample time for the opening of the exposition.
The main building was constructed after a general model of a cotton factory, as suggested by Mr. Atkinson, the form being a Greek cross, the transept nearly half the length, the agricultural and carriage annexes extending along the southern side, and the mineral and woods department forming an annex at the extreme western end of the building. Its extreme length was seven hundred and twenty feet, the length of the transport four hundred feet, and the width of the arms ninety-six feet. The dimensions of the remaining principal buildings were as follows:
Railroad building, 200x100 fee
Railroad annexes, 40x60 and 40x100 feet
Agricultural implement building 96x288 feet
Carriage annex, 96x212 feet
Art and industry building, 520x60 feet
Judge's hall, 90x120 feet
Horticultural hall, 40x80 feet
Restaurant, 100x200 feet
There were several other buildings, as the Florida building, press pavilion, police headquarters, etc, and quite a number of individuals or collective exhibitors erected buildings for themselves.
[edit] Opening
The exposition was opened on October 5, 1881 and the occasion formed a memorable day in the history of Atlanta. The event was attended by many governors, senators and congressmen and addresses were made by Kimball, Governor Colquitt, North Carolina Senator Z.B. Vance and Indiana Senator D.W. Voorhees.
The exposition was a success in every way. The entire number of exhibits was 1,113 of which the Southern States contributed more than half; New England and Middle States, 341; Western States, 138; foreign, 7. The gross receipts were $262,513, and the total disbursements $258,475. The average daily attendance was 3,816 for the seventy-six days it was open. The largest number of admissions on any one day occurred on December 7th, Planters' Day, when there were 10,293.
The Exposition Cotton Mill was opened on the site in 1882 and remained in operation until 1969.[1]
This was the beginning. I thought, "What if those light lines burst into a dark shape?"
I took the photo at a lake above here in the mountains.
The origin of the famous Freitag Bags.
Seen in one of the many Swiss E35 motorway tunnels.
Number seen: 1.
Direction Sankt Gotthardtunnel (Ch), Motorway 2 E35, April 22, 2016.
© 2016 Sander Toonen Amsterdam | All Rights Reserved
Ref. 001.
Camión Pegaso 3046/10 (1982-1990).
Escala H0 - 1:87.
Plastic model kit.
Fabricado por Nimix en Zaragoza (España) / Made by Nimix in Zaragoza (Spain).
Año 1984.
Released: 1984 | Initial release - new tool.
Source: www.scalemates.com/kits/136284-nimix-001-pegaso-3046
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PEGASO Todoterreno Militares (1970-1990):
Modelo................Configuración.......Potencia.....Carga útil......Año
Pegaso 3045.............4x4....................135 CV............5 Tm. ......1970-1982
Pegaso 3050.............6x6....................170 CV...........10 Tm. .....1971-1982
Pegaso 3046.............4x4....................170 CV.............5 Tm. .....1982-1990
Pegaso 3055.............6x6...................200 CV...........10 Tm. .....1983-1990
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Pegaso
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Pegaso (Spanish pronunciation: [peˈɣaso], "Pegasus") was a Spanish manufacturer of trucks, omnibuses, tractors, armored vehicles, and, for a while, sports cars. The parent company, Enasa, was created in 1946 and based in the old Hispano-Suiza factory, under the direction of the renowned automotive engineer Wifredo Ricart. In 1990, Iveco took over Enasa, and the Pegaso name disappeared in 1994.
Enasa, a state-owned company, had its main business interest in the truck and bus market. Pegaso became one of the leading European industrial vehicle makers, with significant exporst to both Europe and Latin America; the Benelux, Venezuela, and Cuba were its major foreign markets, and a substantial contract to supply tactical trucks to the Egyptian Army was signed in the late 1970s.
The main Enasa factories were located in Barcelona, Madrid, and Valladolid. Between 1946 and 1990, Pegaso built more than 350,000 vehicles; the highest production in a single year, over 26,000, was achieved in 1974."
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"On the military side, the first production tactical truck was the 1963 4x4 Pegaso 3020, replaced in 1970 by the 3045 and the 6x6 3050. Subsequent enhanced models, the 170 hp (130 kW) 3046 and the 200 hp (150 kW) 3055, were dominant in the Spanish Army; and the 3046 was also the subject of a substantial contract (up to 10,000 units) with the Egyptian Army. The 3046 was very common in the Spanish forest fire brigades too, where for obvious reasons it was nicknamed Egipcio ("Egyptian").
Related to the all-wheel-drive trucks were four armoured vehicle models launched by Pegaso in the late 1970s: the 4x4 airborne-able 170 hp (130 kW) 3545 BLR, the 4x4 amphibious 170 hp (130 kW) 3550 VAP, the very successful 6x6 306 hp (228 kW) 3560 BMR, and its derivative, the 3562 VEC, all also used in quantity by the Spanish Army."
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegaso
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Recordando al Camión Pegaso 3046
"A mediados de 1980, el gobierno egipcio, realizó un importante pedido a Enasa del modelo de camión Pegaso 3046 para su ejército, del cual se entregaron 10.500 unidades, quedando un resto de 2.500 vehículos. La mayoría de estos vehículos fueron carrozados como autobombas forestales por empresas como Firmesa, Abencor, Pefipresa, y Protec FIRE, y pasaron a formar parte un gran número de parques de bomberos de España. Otros, se vendieron a Perú y Somalia.
El pedido, supuso el contrato más importante de toda la historia de la marca Pegaso, por el lugar de destino al que estaban encomendados, a este modelo se le ha denominado "el Egipcio" .
Especificaciones:
- Motor: 9135, diesel de 170 CV a 2.100 rpm, con un par de 63,2 Nm, cuatro tiempos, seis cilindros turboalimentado, inyección directa y 10.170 cc, con relación de compresión de 16:1.
- Transmisión de tres tramos desde cambio de velocidades a caja auxiliar y desde esta a los puentes anterior y posterior; la tracción es trasera, con posibilidad de conectar el puente anterior.
- Embrague monodisco en seco de 400 mm de diámetro.
- Caja de cambios ZF, de seis velocidades sincronizadas hacia delante y marcha atrás. La caja auxiliar de velocidades (transfer) está separada del cambio de dos velocidades y posibilita el repartir el par a ambos puentes, al anterior con junta homocinética, doble reducción y transferencial autoblocante, y al posterior con doble reducción y diferencial autoblocante.
- Dirección asistida con servodirección hidráulica.
- Frenos por aire comprimido con dos circuitos independientes y acumuladores de fuerza en frenos posteriores.
- Suspensión de ballestas semielípticas y amortiguadores telescópicos.
- Bastidor formado por largueros en U y unidos entre sí por travesaños.
- Instalación eléctrica a 24 voltios con motor de arranque de 5 CV.
- Alternador con regulador incorporado de intensidad máxima de 35 A.
- Baterías tropicalizadas con una capacidad de 110 A.h.
- Tara: 9125 kilos.
- Carga máxima: 3.500 kilos.
- Carga máxima remolcable: 4.500 kilos.
- Anchura: 2,49 metros.
- Longitud: 6,3 / 7,1 metros.
- Plazas: 6 personas.
- Altura al suelo: 320 mm.
- Velocidad máxima: 90 km/h.
- Pendiente superable: 70%.
- Pendiente lateral: 30%.
- Capacidad de vadeo: 1 metro.
- Radio de giro: 11,3 metros."
Fuentes:
desarrolloydefensa.blogspot.com.es/2009/01/recordando-al-...
Cathédrale de l'Incarnation (Grenade)
source WIKIPEDIA
La cathédrale de l'Incarnation de Grenade est un édifice de la Renaissance, bâti à partir du xvie siècle dans la ville espagnole de Grenade, en Andalousie. Cette cathédrale, considérée comme la toute première église construite en style Renaissance en Espagne1, fut envisagée dès le règne des Rois catholiques, et sa construction fut commencée sous Charles Ier, pour s’achever en 1704, sous le règne de Philippe V.
Dédiée au mystère de l'Incarnation, elle est le siège de la province ecclésiastique de Grenade, dont l'archevêque étend son autorité sur les diocèses d'Almería, Carthagène, Guadix, Jaén et Malaga. La cathédrale est classée Monument national depuis 1929.
Suite à la reconquête de la ville en 1492, les Rois Catholiques envisagent la construction d'une cathédrale sur le site de l'ancienne grande mosquée nasride de Grenade. Dès le 21 mai 1492 est fondée l'église cathédrale de Grenade, siège du nouveau diocèse. En 1505, la construction est projetée, et sa conception est confiée à Juan Gil de Hontañón et à Enrique Egas, qui travaillent déjà sur la Chapelle royale de la ville. Les travaux commencent en 1518. Les deux architectes prévoient la construction d'un édifice gothique, sur le modèle de la Cathédrale de Tolède, comme cela est encore le cas en de nombreux endroits d'Espagne (Ségovie, Salamanque...). Leur projet est néanmoins abandonné en 1523, peu après le début du chantier.
On adopte alors les plans de l'architecte Diego de Siloé, qui travaille déjà sur le monastère de San Jerónimo à Grenade4. Diego de Siloé prévoit de reprendre les bases du dessein antérieur, et d'élever à parptir de celui-ci un édifice pleinement renaissance. Il va mener les travaux de 1528 jusqu'à sa mort, en 1563. Divers architectes se succèdent pour diriger le chantier, selon les plans maniéristes élaborés par leur prédécesseur : Juan de Maeda, Alonso Cano et Teodoro Ardemans.
En 1590, une première modification importante du plan initial intervient. En raison des fondations trop fragiles, le projet d'élever deux hautes tours de 80 mètres pour encadrer la façade, est abandonné en 1590 sur ordre de Philippe II. Seule une tour a été bâtie ; elle est arasée, sa hauteur se limitant à 51 mètres. En 1665, Alonso Cano parvient à convaincre le chapitre de modifier le projet initial. La construction prend alors une allure plus baroque. Suite au décès de Cano en 1667, la direction du chantier est confiée à Melchior de Aguirre, qui achève l’œuvre en juillet 1703.
La cathédrale de Grenade prend place au cœur du centre historique de la ville, entre la Gran vía Colón et la Calle Reyes Católicos. Entourée par des édifices d'importance comme la Chapelle royale (Capilla Real), la bourse de commerce (Lonja) ou l'ancien marché de la soie (Alcaicería), elle trône sur la place de las Pasiegas, qui offre bien peu de recul pour contempler la grandiose façade de l'édifice. Diego de Siloé a conçu un vaste édifice de 115 mètres sur 67, qui constitue : « "(…)un ensemble alliant pureté, élégance des formes, et blancheur immaculée de la pierre." »
Le monument représente un des sommets de l'architecture de la Renaissance en Espagne, tout en intégrant des éléments décoratifs puisés dans l'art gothique (plan et voûtes) et l'art baroque (façade), témoignant de la longueur du chantier, qui s'est étalé sur près de deux-cents ans. Son influence fut très importante dans les constructions de ce type postérieures en Andalousie.
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Granada Cathedral
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The cathedral of Granada.
Granada Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Incarnation (Spanish: Catedral de Granada, Catedral de la Anunciación) is the cathedral in the city of Granada, capital of the province of the same name in the Autonomous Region of Andalusia, Spain. The cathedral is the seat of the Archdiocese of Granada.
Unlike most cathedrals in Spain, construction of this cathedral had to await the acquisition of the Nasrid kingdom of Granada from its Muslim rulers in 1492; while its very early plans had Gothic designs, such as are evident in the Royal Chapel of Granada by Enrique Egas, the construction of the church in the main occurred at a time when Spanish Renaissance designs were supplanting the Gothic regnant in Spanish architecture of prior centuries. Foundations for the church were laid by the architect Egas starting from 1518 to 1523 atop the site of the city's main mosque; by 1529, Egas was replaced by Diego de Siloé who labored for nearly four decades on the structure from ground to cornice, planning the triforium and five naves instead of the usual three. Most unusually, he created a circular capilla mayor rather than a semicircular apse, perhaps inspired by Italian ideas for circular 'perfect buildings' (e.g. in Alberti's works). Within its structure the cathedral combines other orders of architecture. It took 181 years for the cathedral to be built.
Subsequent architects included Juan de Maena (1563-1571), followed by Juan de Orea (1571-1590), and Ambrosio de Vico (1590-?). In 1667 Alonso Cano, working with Gaspar de la Peña, altered the initial plan for the main façade, introducing Baroque elements. The magnificence of the building would be even greater, if the two large 81 meter towers foreseen in the plans had been built; however the project remained incomplete for various reasons, among them, financial.
The Cathedral had been intended to become the royal mausoleum by Charles I of Spain of Spain, but Philip II of Spain moved the site for his father and subsequent kings to El Escorial outside of Madrid.
The main chapel contains two kneeling effigies of the Catholic King and Queen, Isabel and Ferdinand by Pedro de Mena y Medrano. The busts of Adam and Eve were made by Alonso Cano. The Chapel of the Trinity has a marvelous retablo with paintings by El Greco, Jusepe de Ribera and Alonso Cano.
ESPANOL
La Santa Iglesia Catedral Metropolitana de la Anunciación de Granada es un templo católico de la ciudad española de Granada, comunidad autónoma de Andalucía, sede de la archidiócesis de la ciudad. El templo es una de las obras cumbres del Renacimiento español.
Nave central, capilla mayor y bóvedas de la catedral de Granada.
Durante el renacimiento, el Reino de Granada, al igual que Galicia, conformó un centro artístico independiente del estilo predominante en el resto de la península, el herrerianismo.
Con el reinado de Carlos I de España se llevarán a cabo numerosas construcciones en la ciudad de Granada, dada la intención del monarca en convertir a la urbe en el modelo de ciudad del siglo XVI. Así la construcción de la catedral de Granada será coetánea a las de el palacio cristiano de la Alhambra, la Universidad y la chancillería (actual sede del Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Andalucía - TSJA).
Columnas y bóvedas de la catedral de Granada.
El primer proyecto fue encomendado en 1506 a Enrique Egas que concibió un templo de estilo gótico, tomando como modelo la Catedral de Toledo. Las obras comenzaron, bajo la dirección del propio Egas, con la colocación solemne de la primera piedra el 25 de marzo de 1523. Sin embargo, fue Diego de Siloé quien, en 1529, se encargó de las obras, que se concluirán en 1563, presentando un nuevo proyecto mucho más ambicioso. El autor trazó las líneas renacentistas de todo el edificio sobre los cimientos góticos, con girola y cinco naves en lugar de las tres habituales, combinando en su estructura elementos de otros órdenes arquitectónicos.
Con la llegada de la política centralista de Felipe II y, especialmente, con la expulsión de los moriscos de 1609, la región perdió gran parte de su fuerza económica y quedó relegada frente a otros centros locales. Sin embargo, sí se continuó desarrollando proyectos artísticos de importancia. Es el caso de la reforma de la fachada principal emprendida por Alonso Cano (1601 – 1667) en 1664 en la que se introdujeron elementos barrocos.
La magnificencia del proyecto hubiese sido aún mayor si se hubieran erigido las dos grandes torres de ochenta y un metros de altura previstas en los planos. El proyecto no fue terminado por diversos problemas, entre ellos la muerte de Alonso Cano en 1667, y otros económicos, por lo que finalmente, en 1684, la Catedral quedó con una torre, formada solo por tres cuerpos en lugar de los seis previstos y con un total de cincuenta y siete metros de altura.
Interior de la catedral de Granada antes de que se suprimiera el coro. Fotografía de J. Laurent, ca. 1881.
En 1706 Francisco de Hurtado Izquierdo y posteriormente su colaborador José Bada construyeron el actual sagrario de la catedral. En él, el autor rompió su tendencia rococó, respetando la sobriedad de líneas y la estructura clásica del resto del conjunto.
La catedral de Granada es de planta rectangular debido a que sus cinco naves cubren por completo el crucero, que no llega a destacar sobre la planta. Las cinco naves están escalonadas en alturas, siendo mayor la central. En los pies de la catedral, se sitúan las dos torres, siendo la del lado izquierdo, llamada torre de san Miguel, un contrafuerte que sustituyó a la torre prevista en ese lado.
La capilla mayor está compuesta por una serie de columnas corintias sobre cuyo capitel se encuentra el entablamento y sobre éste, la bóveda, que alberga, al igual que los espacios inferiores sobre las columnas, una serie de ventanales con delicadas vidrieras.
La fachada está constituida por una estructura encuadrada en forma de arco del triunfo con portadas y lienzos de empotrados. Está formada por tres ejes coronados por arcos de medio punto sostenidos sobre pilastras, de forma similar a San Andrés de Mantua de Leon Battista Alberti. Las pilastras no tienen capiteles sino resaltes esculpidos en la pared, así como medallones de mármol adosados. Encima de la puerta principal se ubica un tondo en mármol de José Risueño sobre la Anunciación. Destaca también la presencia en la parte superior de un jarrón con azucenas, aludiendo al carácter virginal y puro de la madre de Dios.
El sagrario, elevado entre 1706 y 1759, sigue las proporciones clásicas del conjunto, manteniendo las columnas múltiples del crucero las formas del orden compuesto de Siloé.
Source: Scan of an original photograph.
Image: RSR30.
Date: April 15th 1972.
Repository: Local Studies, Swindon Central Library (R.S. Radway Collection)
Source: Irene Victoria Read papers, pictorial material and relics, 1839-1951
acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=910142
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Original photo in the public domain, this photo for research & study purposes only. Please do not reproduce without crediting 'Irene Victoria Read papers, pictorial material and relics, 1839-1951' and the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.
Major William Henry Read served with No. 2 Australian General Hospital in Egypt, embarking at Sydney H.M.A.T. "Kyarra" on 28 November 1914. Embarked "Themistocles" at Suez on 15 August 1915 on medical officer duty, arriving Melbourne 9 September 1915; appointment terminated 25 September 1915. At embarkation (aged 39), he listed his occupation "Medical practitioner", his wife Mrs Irene Victoria Read and address Cleveland Street, Wahroonga, New South Wales. One of William and Irene's children was peace activist Margaret Holmes who lived at Mosman.
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Wow!! Deuce look neat!! Love his outfit!!
Image Source: www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/items/ITM299141
Australia was approaching its bicentennial celebrations, and after Brisbane’s success hosting the 1982 Commonwealth Games, Brisbane City Council and the Queensland State Government were confident they could win the bid to hold the next World Exhibition.
Brisbane won the right to hold the event and Expo 88 was officially opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on 30 April 1988. By the time it closed, it had changed the way the world saw Brisbane and helped shaped the city as we know it today.
Starting with an estimated budget of $645 million, the Queensland State Government developed a World Expo that would recoup and support its own costs and promote international investment in Queensland, both during and after the event. South Bank, badly damaged in the 1973–74 floods, was chosen and the site acquired for $150 million. Developers completed construction on time and within budget. The targets set for ticket sales were reached 11 weeks before Expo 88 had even opened. It was off to a smashing start.
Celebrating ‘Leisure in the age of technology’, there was an incredible range of pavilions, performances, parades, comedy and artwork on show. Guests could experience over 50 restaurants filled with flavours from around the globe. Hosted over six months, it drew more than 18 million people to the renewed South Bank parklands district. An average of 100,000 people a day entered the gates.
An influx of royalty, celebrities and international visitors came to Brisbane for the exhibition, but it was Queensland residents who attended the most often, purchasing 500,000 season tickets. Expo 88 provided something the city needed: an easy-to-access recreational facility with exciting things to do, see and experience. Brisbanites returned again and again to socialise and enjoy the festival atmosphere.
The monorail was one of the most popular attractions. Giving travellers a view of the entertainments from above, it operated along a 2.3-kilometre track during Expo 88, taking up to 44,000 visitors a day from one side of Expo to the other, along the Brisbane River. Built by Swedish manufacturer Von Roll, the monorail cost $12 million and comprised four MkII trains with nine carriages each. The idea of keeping the monorail operating after Expo and extending it into the Brisbane CBD was discussed. Ultimately, the existing monorail wasn’t a feasible long-term people-moving solution and it was disbursed. Three trains were sold back to Von Roll and were used in Germany’s Europa-Park. The remaining train and some tracks were incorporated into the Sea World theme park on the Gold Coast.
Some of the most significant installations, exhibitions and artworks from Expo 88 were relocated and continue to be enjoyed today. Ken Done AM, a prominent Australian artist and designer, was commissioned to produce the entry and exit statement art pieces for the Australia Pavilion. Using the word ‘Australia’, Done produced a sign nearly six metres tall that could not be missed by anyone who attended Expo 88. The letters have since been restored and are on display at the Caboolture Heritage Village. The Nepal Peace Pagoda was the only international pavilion that remained on-site, after a petition asking that it remain attracted about 70,000 signatures. The Japan Garden and Pond were gifted to the city of Brisbane and moved to the Botanic Gardens at Mt Coot-Tha.
The buzz of activity, the investment in South Bank’s infrastructure and the spotlight on Brisbane transformed the city. The physical legacy left by Expo 88 turned South Bank into a thriving social space and prominent cultural hotspot: 42 hectares was dedicated to the construction of the South Bank Parklands.
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Date: 1920
Source Type: Photograph
Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Will Voss
Postmark: Not Applicable
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: The following newspaper item appears in the January 4, 1906, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
DOINGS OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL.
Assess Themselves To Raise Money To Mark the Ninth's Camping Ground.
Col. Suman asked for an appropriation of $22 to pay for the expense of marking the camp grounds of the 9th Indiana when they were in camp near Sugar Loaf. The members of the Council were up a tree for a time. They did not want to turn the soldiers down, and there was no way to grant the request out of the county treasury without establishing a precedent that might prove embarrassing in the future. The difficulty was surmounted by a resolution assessing the members of the Council, the County Commissioners, the County Attorney and the Auditor $2 each. The money was instantly paid in and turned in to the auditor to be paid to Col. Suman. But on their salary, the County Council cannot stand many more such emergencies.
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This photograph is labeled "Camp 9th Ind. 1863." The same is inscribed on this monument. The monument commemorates the location where local recruits to the 9th Indiana Infantry encamped prior to being sent to Indianapolis for active duty in the Civil War. The monument still stands [2023] and is located at what is now 951 West Street in Valparaiso along the south side of the road.
The camp was established on October 17, 1863. The Ninth Indiana Infantry Regiment was also known as "The Bloody Ninth" due to the remarkable large number of significant battles the regiment was engaged in during the war. These include the Battles of Philippi, Laurel Mountain, Corrick's Ford, Cheat Mountain, Greenbrier River, Camp Allegheny, Shiloh, Perryville, Stones River, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, Jonesboro, Franklin II, and Nashville. The regiment also saw action in the Sieges of Corinth, Chattanooga, and Atlanta.
The Ninth Indiana Infantry Regiment was led by Captain Robert Alexander Cameron, a physician and newspaper publisher, Lieutenant Gilbert Ashville Pierce, Lieutenant Isaac C. B. Suman, and Lieutenant O. H. Ray. A total of 134 men camped on the grounds for four days drilling and learning to use military firearms.
By the conclusion of the Civil War, Cameron had attained the rank of brigadier general and would assist in the founding of the Colorado communities of Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Greeley, and Manitou Springs.
Pierce would commission out of the army as a brevet colonel and become the editor of the Chicago Inter Ocean newspaper. He also wrote books and plays. On June 25, 1884, President Chester A. Arthur appointed Pierce as the territorial governor of North Dakota. After achieving statehood, Pierce would serve as North Dakota's first United State senator. He is buried at Adam's Cemetery in Porter County's Morgan Township.
Porter County's first fairgrounds, which included a horse racing track, was later located on the site of the camp.
This photograph was included in an album of photographs that appear to have been taken by Will Voss between 1919 and 1921. Most of the photographs in the album are labeled and dated. The bulk of the photographs in the album were taken in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.
It is apparent from the photographs taken in and around Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana, that Will Voss was a student at Polk's School of Piano Tuning in Valparaiso.
Sources:
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; January 4, 1906; Volume 22, Number 40, Page 1, Column 6. Column titled "Doings of the County Council. Assess Themselves To Raise Money To Mark the Ninth's Camping Ground."
The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; April 24, 1957; Volume 30, Number 248, Page 1, Columns 2-3 and Page 6, Column 1. Column titled "Army Camp Grounds Denoted By Marker," by The Stroller [William Ormond Wallace].
Copyright 2023. Some rights reserved. The associated text may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Steven R. Shook.
Source: Digital image.
Set: RIC01.
Date: 1970s.
Photographer: © Mr R. Richens.
Local Studies at Swindon Central Library.
Cascade de la Ribeira Lajeado ; source de la Levada do Alecrim. Calheta, Madère, Portugal, jui 2011.
Nikon D7000, 16.0-85.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 | 20 mm eq. 30 mm, 1.0s à f/22, 100 ISO | Filtre ND8.
La levada do Alecrim (ou Levada Grande, ou aussi Levada do Paúl I) fait partie des levadas de Rabaçal qui recueillent les eaux des affluents de la Ribeira Grande (ou da Janela) pour alimenter la centrale hydroélectrique de Calheta puis irriguer les terrains agricoles de la côte sud par la levada Nova. Elle a été constuite en 1961 et reprend le tracé de l'ancienne levada dos Moinhos. Elle se situe vers 1300m d'altitude et récolte son eau depuis la Ribeira Lajeado (ou da Janela).
Source: Scan of an OS revision point photograph.
Grid: SU1383.
Date: 1953.
Copyright: OS.
Used here by very kind permission.
Repository: Local Studies at Swindon Central Library.
Cirque des 25 sources ; Levada das 25 fontes. Calheta, Madère, Portugal, juin 2011.
Nikon D7000, 16.0-85.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 | 16 mm eq. 24 mm, 2.0s à f/11, 100 ISO | Filtre ND8.
La levada das Vinte e Cinco Fontes, aussi appelée levada Nova do Rabaçal, fait partie des levadas de Rabaçal qui recueillent les eaux des affluents de la Ribeira Grande (ou da Janela) pour alimenter la centrale hydroélectrique de Calheta puis irriguer les terrains agricoles de la côte sud par la levada Nova. La construction de cette levada commença en 1835 pour se terminer en 1855, offrant alors la possibilité d’utiliser, dans la commune de Calheta, de nombreux terrains encore incultes. Cette levada se situe vers 950m d'altitude. Elle prend sa source à la Ribeira dos Cedros et capte également l'eau "des 25 sources" (site formés par les eaux descendant de Paul da Serra pour surgir de la paroi rocheuse en 25 cascades) et aussi le surplus de la Levada do Risco.
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Source: Digital image.
Set: WIL04.
Date: 1894.
Photographer: William Hooper.
HOOPER COLLECTION COPYRIGHT P.A. Williams.
Repository: From the collection of Mr P. Williams.
Used here by his very kind permission.
Source: Scan from a Swindon Advertiser supplement celebrating the coronation of King George VI.
Date: May 1937.
Donated in May 2018.
Repository: Local Studies at Swindon Central Library.
On the trail of Gamma rays: scenes from an international radiation measurement excercise held in Wiener Neustadt, Austria on 16-20 April 2007. During the exercise, the teams used a wide range of equipment and monitoring methods, reflecting the different tasks they faced. Hand-held counters, such as those shown here, were used to determine the presence of a source and locate its position in the field. The exercise was organized by the Austrian Research Centres in cooperation with the IAEA and the Austrian NBC Defense School of the Austrian Army. (16-20 April 2007, Tritolwerk site, Wiener Neustadt, Austria)
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
On the icy crust of Jupiter's moon Europa, Webb has discovered carbon dioxide that likely originated in the liquid water ocean below. The carbon dioxide was found to be most abundant in an area called Tara Regio, where there is evidence of material exchanging between Europa’s internal ocean and its crust. Carbon dioxide isn’t stable on Europa’s surface, so scientists believe it was deposited fairly recently, geologically speaking. Understanding the chemistry of this ocean could help determine if it is a good place for life as we know it.
Webb builds off Juno, Galileo, New Horizons and other spacecraft who have taken close-ups of Europa. In Oct. 2024, NASA plans to launch the Europa Clipper mission, which will perform dozens of close flybys of Europa to further investigate if it could have conditions for life.
Read more: www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2023/nasa-s-webb-finds-carbo...
This image: This image shows Europa as a fuzzy blue and white sphere. There are darker blue patches in most of the northern hemisphere, as well as two distinct white patches along the southern hemisphere. Note that Europa appears hazy because it is very small compared to its distance from us (390.4 million miles, or 628.3 million km!). Missions like Voyager and Juno get up close to the bodies they are observing, giving them a high-resolution view.
Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Geronimo Villanueva (NASA-GSFC), Samantha K Trumbo (Cornell University. Image processing: Geronimo Villanueva, Alyssa Pagan (STScI)
Image description: A blue-and-white sphere against a black background, reminiscent of the “Blue Marble” picture of Earth. With fuzzy edges, this sphere has darker blue patches in the northern hemisphere and two large white patches in the southern hemisphere.
Caucasian Fir (Pinaceae) - Alice Holt, Farnham, Surrey.
The Genus Abies Abies (commonly known as Silver-firs) has single, flattish leaves (needle) attached to twigs by sucker-like projections. The underside are more or less silver in colour.
The leaves (needles) of A. nordmanniana are more or less obscure the twig and are not so strongly curved at the base, as in A. procera.
Source: Scan of a photographic print.
Image: P32122.
Date: 1943.
Copyright: © 1943 SBC.
Repository: Local Studies at Swindon Central Library.
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